The former republican leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Said it was a “mistake” that President Trump pardoned people convicted of crimes related to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 They have been convicted is a mistake, ”said McConnell, the party leader with more years of service in the history of the Senate, to Lesley Stahl of CBS in the transmission of the“ 60 minute ”program on Sunday.
Hours after assuming the position, Trump pardoned almost all 1,600 people accused of the assault of the Capitol. And commuted the sentences of around a dozen people who did not receive pardons.
Trump also ordered the Department of Justice to dismiss any pending accusation against the defendants of January 6 whose cases have not yet been judged. Around 470 people.
Some 600 people were accused of assisting, resisting or preventing police for the work during the riots, and 10 were sentenced by sedition, the most serious position.
McConnell fiercely criticized Trump after the attack on the Capitol. He did not vote to condemn Trump for his actions around the attack on the Capitol, but said that the current president and the previous one still have responsibility for his actions.
“Trump is practical and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said in a speech in the Senate’s plenary after Trump was acquitted in 2021.
In the “60 minute” interview, he added: “This is how I still feel about it.” Stahl asked about “Trump and her supporters trying to change what happened on January 6”. “They call it a day of love. They call martyrs to fuss, ”he said.
